Last month, I somewhat reluctantly decided to join the social networking extravaganza known as Twitter. I always thought I never needed a Twitter account due to already having a Facebook account. "What can Twitter do that Facebook can't?" I always scoffed. Well, it can do a lot. And now I'm obsessed.

Shortly after joining I immediately started stalking following my favorite video game voice actors. If you know me, you know I put voice actors right up there on my idol pedestal next to Lady Gaga. If working as a video game journalist never takes off for me, my second career choice (besides stripping) would probably be a voice acting director.

Currently, I'm following:

Quinton Flynn - aka Raiden - (@quintonflynn)

DC Douglas - aka Wesker - (@DC_Douglas)

Pascal Langdale - aka Ethan Mars - (@pascallangdale)

Mr. Langdale's mocap company Motives in Movement (@motivesmovement)

Karen Dyer (who never tweets) - aka Sheva - (@KarenDyerSheva)

Paul Mercier - aka Leon Kennedy - (@GENSOUpaulu)

Roger Craig Smith (who only tweets on release days of games he acts in) - aka Chris Redfield - (@RogerCraigSmith)

And, my personal favorite, Alyson Court - aka Claire Redfield - (@acourtroom) Ms. Court tweets A LOT, by the way, which is another reason why I like her so much. She lives in Canada (who knew?) and tweets satirically about government related stuff all the time. Personally, I find her hilarious.

(Side note: Paul Mercier and Pascal Langdale both follow me on Twitter. Just the simple fact that they follow me fills me with uncontrollable glee.)

I'm glad a lot of the Resident Evil cast is on board. Perhaps Capcom forces each actor to sign up as part of the job? I wish more actors would get into it, like David Hayter, James McCaffrey and Debbie Mae West. But I suppose I can't have my cake and munch on it, too, unless I'm just too retarded to find them on Twitter if they have accounts.

Either way, the direct interaction I can get with voice actors makes me feel warm and fuzzy. One day Alyson Court, Rafael Costa (my Brazilian partner in voice actor stalking following, whom I did not know pre-twitter) and I had a conversation about the Resident Evils, what makes them scary and their comparisons with other games. It was interesting to get her direct input on it and other fans voices, too. Voice acting is something that is very underreported in the industry, in my opinion. Getting any details I can about it is a joy.

I also shouted out my love to a few actors, like Ms. Court, Mr. Langdale and Mr. Craig Smith on how much I enjoyed them in their respective games.

The other day, I was tweeting some impressions while playing Alan Wake and out of the blue Pascal Langdale @ replied me in a tweet saying he was excited about playing Alan Wake and would hopefully get some time soon to play. I couldn't believe it. Pascal Langdale @ replying me? A college student in the Midwest getting a shoutout from an actor in London, England!? My heart skipped a beat.

The icing on the cake - my review for Alan Wake went up on voxmagazine.com today (which you can read by clicking here) and Motives in Movement, the motion capture company which Pascal Landgale created in London after his work in Heavy Rain, retweeted the link for my review. I was blown away, yet again.

Basically after almost two months of Twitter I've discovered how easily it can turn me into a 12-year-old girl. And that's something I'm proud of. On the bright side, I could get giddy over following Lindsay Lohan or Paris Hilton on Twitter (which I do not), but instead I prefer to be fans of people who actually do work for a living.

Comments (1)

Stalkers in the night, said Sinatra.

Twitter has became a useful tool nowadays, P.R. especifically. It can get you closely linked to one's thoughts and you may not even know its owner personally.

The concept behind the idea of sharing your thoughts through 140 chars can be resumed as a short tag line about what you'd write on your blog.

For fans around the world, it came up as a remarkable tool for stalking... I mean, following their idols, getting in contact with them in an unortodoxal way. It is a much likable thing and gives it a thumbs up.